Paul E. Knight v. Florida Department of Corrections, Florida State Prison, and Brett Gillespie
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledMay 8, 2020
Docket1D19-3358
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D19-3358
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PAUL E. KNIGHT,
Appellant,
v.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS, FLORIDA STATE
PRISON, and BRETT GILLESPIE,
Appellees.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Bradford County.
David P. Kreider, Judge.
May 8, 2020
PER CURIAM.
DISMISSED. See Banks v. State, 916 So. 2d 35, 35 (Fla. 1st DCA
2005) (dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction because, like “an
order denying indigency status, an interlocutory order granting
indigency status and imposing a lien on a prisoner’s trust account
for payment of court costs and fees is not an immediately
appealable order”); Brown v. Campion, 757 So. 2d 535, 536 (Fla.
1st DCA 2000) (converting certiorari petition back to an appeal and
dismissing for lack of jurisdiction because an order denying a
request for indigent status in a civil case is not appealable, either
as a final order or as a non-final order listed in Fla. R. App. P.
9.130). This dismissal is without prejudice to Mr. Knight’s right to
seek review of any order on his indigency status upon a final
disposition in his underlying case. See Banks, 916 So. 2d at 35. All
pending motions are hereby denied as moot.
ROBERTS, NORDBY, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Paul E. Knight, pro se, Appellant.
Kenneth S. Steely, General Counsel, and Beverly Brewster,
Assistant General Counsel, Department of Corrections,
Tallahassee, for Appellees.
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